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Title: Before the United States Railroad Labor Board : argument for a wage increase
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Jewell, B. M American Federation of Labor. Railway Employees Dept United States Railroad Labor Board
Subjects: Wages Railroads Arbitration, Industrial
Publisher: (S.l. : Railway Employes' Dept., A.F. of L.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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ly 150 153 177 ;o5 Aug. 150 162 168 111 3ept. 154 156 154 124 Oct. 129 165 110 138 llov. 131 165 80 136 Dec. 144 179 68 128 MJMBSR 5I.!PL0YiiD 1918 1919 1920 1921 Jan. 100 87 103 29 Feb. 101 80 99 47 Iviar. 104 80 104 59 April 105 79 104 66 May 104 86 100 68 Jane 101 92 95 71 Jaly 102 96 89 55 Aag. 102 99 86 68 Sept. 99 95 78 74 Oct. 90 98 59 81 IJov. 98 99 43 83 Dec. 95 103 36 79 19 U. S. Department of Labor figures to£ this same industryshow the same break in the purchasing power of the m^ge earnersfot the country as a whole. In the folloi;sing table it ap~pears that the total number employed began to fall off inMay, 1920. By January 19E1 the index number has fallen from 108 to 50 or by approximately 54^. Over half of the employees .1 made potential competitors for the jobs still held by the otherhalf. During the same period the payroll index drops from251 to 89, a decrease in purchasing power amounting to nearly These decreases are sho\nn graphically in th© chart facingthe table.
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11; 6 TjTaL J.-YROLL AtTD .^^LOYWD IE ffOSIS :;Y AND U1TDE3JEA ~L.A30E D?OnTED TO DEPT. OF (ILID^ ijA LUIiBEiLj BASED ON JAN. 1916 - 100 TOTAL PAYROLL 1919 1920 1921 Jan. 159 229 89 Feb. 144 219 113 Mar. 141 239 129 Apr, 140 251 139 May 157 243 148 June 179 240 152 July 187 205 138 Aug, 195 195 155 Sept. 195 176 155 Oct. 201 148 169 Nov. 200 119 168 Deo, 223 97 - NU)VIBER a:PIOYSD 1919 1920 1921 Jan. 97 107 50 Feb. 90 106 60 March 90 107 68 Apr. 91 108 73 May 94 105 78 June 99 100 80 July 101 97 77 Aug. 102 92 • 81 Sept. 101 86 85 Oct. 105 77 89 Nov. 105 68 92 Dec. 107 53 - Abrupt Decrease In Purchasing Power of 7orkers in Machinery Industry. The next two tables with tlx accompanying chart show a similar sharp drop in the purchasing power of employes engaged in the nanufacture of machinery and electrical apparatus. In connection with this industry the figures are those reported to the ¥. Y, State Industrial Commission. On the chart the sharp decline in total payroll is very apparen

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